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Algonquin Township sued again for denial of public records –

Adding to the already lengthy list of lawsuits, and adding to the already lengthy list of public records denials, we sued Algonquin Township again for another allegation of a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) violation.

At some point these township officials will learn that laws must be followed, and public records belong to the public. They do not have a choice, and must properly respond to FOIA requests and must produce public records requested under the FOIA.

This lawsuit, 19CH000274 (McHenry County), filed on May 3, 2019, seeks production of public records responsive to my FOIA request dated June 2, 2018, in which I asked for all communications between the township and YouTube.

We know there are at least five different communications between the township and YouTube based off of township attorney James Kelly’s invoices form 2018. We also know that one of the five were released under FOIA to a person who forwarded the letter to us, and we published it in an article (here).